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The Nikon D100 is a discontinued digital single-lens reflex camera designed for professionals and advanced hobbyists. It was introduced on February 21, 2002 at the PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show as a direct competitor to the Canon EOS D60. With an MSRP of $1,999 without a lens, it was only the second 6 Megapixel DSLR to break the $2000 barrier, after the Canon EOS D60.
Although the name D100 suggests that the camera is a digital version of the Nikon F100, the camera design more closely resembles the Nikon F80 (also known as Nikon N80 in U.S.), which is a much more consumer-oriented camera than the professional F100. The price of the camera dropped over time to $1699 in May 2003, and $1499 in December 2003. In the Spring of 2004 Nikon released the D70, which offered similar features to the D100 at a lower price of $999. However, Nikon continued to produce the D100 until 2005 when a more rugged and professional-oriented successor, the Nikon D200, was released.
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- 6.1 effective megapixels rendering 3,008 x 2,000-pixel images
- CCD sensor with ISO 200-1600
- Raw, JPEG (specifically JFIF), or TIFF
- Matrix Metering - 10 sensor matrix meter (metering not available with AI/S lens)
- Custom / Preset, Fixed or Auto White Balance options
- Built-in Speedlight with D-TTL flash control - 18 GN [at ISO 200 in meters]
- Three color modes (sRGB I, Adobe RGB, and sRGB III)
- Five-Area Autofocus with CAM-900 chip
- Top shutter speed of 1/4,000s and flash sync speed up to 1/180s.
- USB 1.1 interface
- Compatible with CompactFlash cards Type I and Type II including IBM (and now Hitachi) MicroDrive hard drives up to 4 GB. Firmware v2.0 is required for body to recognize cards/drives larger than 2 GB, and cards/drives must be initially formatted as FAT32 in a computer. (Early v1.x firmware supported FAT16 only, so without the firmware upgrade the D100 will only "see" 2 GB of available memory on larger cards.)
- Optional Multi Function Battery Pack MB-D100 accepts six 1.5 V LR6 (AA-size alkaline) batteries or one or two Li-Ion EN-EL3 batteries for extended shooting capability. Features voice memo recording/playback function, vertical shutter release button, Command and Sub Command Dials, AF start button and a 10-pin remote terminal.
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